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Featured: The Etiquette of Differing: twenty short passages from the scholars on how to disagree well, in Arabic with English beneath.
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Lessons from Sūrah 64 – Sūratut Taghābun
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Whoever believes in Allāh and does good, Allāh will forgive his sins and enter him into gardens under which rivers…
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Lessons from Sūrah 63 – Sūratul Munāfiqūn
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم No matter how hard you try to convince yourself or others of how you feel, Allāh knows the reality better…
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Lessons from Sūrah 62 – Sūratul Jumu‘ah
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Those people who were given knowledge of the scriptures but did not take it on board, are like the donkey…
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Lessons from Sūrah 61 – Sūratuṣ Ṣaff
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Don’t tell others to do things you wouldn’t do yourself. Allāh loves organisation. The disbelievers will try to extinguish the…
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Lessons from Sūrah 60 – Sūratul Mumtaḥinah
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Do not befriend the enemies of Allāh. Allāh is most aware of what we conceal and what we make apparent.…
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Lessons from Sūrah 59 – Sūratul Ḥashr
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Whoever shows hostility towards Allāh and His Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم is in for a severe punishment. Whatever the…
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Lessons from Sūrah 58 – Sūratul Mujādalah
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Allāh is the All-Hearing. No word or discussion escapes His Hearing. Husbands should learn the rules of ẓihār. Allāh’s knowledge…
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Lessons from Sūrah 57 – Sūratul Ḥadīd
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Allāh is aware of all that enters the earth, all that emerges from it; all that descends from the heavens…
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Lessons from Sūrah 56 – Sūratul Wāqi‘ah
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم The Day of Qiyāmah is a certain reality. The people will be divided into 3 categories: The People of the…
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Lessons from Sūrah 55 – Sūratur Raḥmān
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Allāh taught man how to express himself in clear words; a quality no other creation enjoys. It is impossible to…
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‘Beautiful Names of Allāh’ Exhibition
A rare excerpt from my diary of Hajj 2014 Friday, 26th September 2014 I visited the Names of Allāh Exhibition in Al-Madīnah Al-Munawwarah after…
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Lessons from Sūrah 54 – Sūratul Qamar
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم The splitting of the moon in the time of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم was a sign of Qiyāmah…
